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Blackhall Hill cairns is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Roxburghshire, Scotland. The cairns occupy ground underlain by Reston Group bedrock, a conglomerate and sandstone formation of Early Devonian age. This geology shaped both the landscape and the materials available to those who constructed the monument, making use of locally available stone.
The site comprises one or more burial cairns typical of Bronze Age funerary practice in the Scottish Borders. Such monuments generally consist of stone heaps constructed over cremated or inhumed remains, often accompanied by grave goods. The Roxburghshire location places the cairns within a region rich in prehistoric settlement and burial activity.
The monument is protected by Historic Environment Scotland under designation SM2158, reflecting its significance to Scotland's archaeological heritage. The survival of cairns across the upland terrain of the Borders has allowed detailed study of Bronze Age burial customs and settlement patterns in this part of south-eastern Scotland.
Blackhall Hill,cairns is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2158. View the official record →
Blackhall Hill cairns is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Roxburghshire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2158.
Blackhall Hill,cairns is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic Environment Scotland — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Scotland. The official designation reference is SM2158.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Outer Golden Pot medieval wayside cross (5.1 km), Round cairn, 240m east of Ravens Pike (5.5 km), Round cairn on Ravens Pike (5.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Blackhall Hill,cairns's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Blackhall Hill,cairns stands on Reston Group, bedrock that formed in the Early Devonian. The rock here is conglomerate and [subequal/subordinate] sandstone, interbedded.